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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
144 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...

  FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO MOSQUITO LAGOON TO OUT TO 20 NM.

* UNTIL 245 PM EST

* AT 141 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE
  FROM ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA TO 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH
  ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

*THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COASTAL WATERS
...PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY A FEW WATERSPOUTS.

AS THESE STORMS CROSS THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLAND
COMMUNITIES...THEN OVER THE ATLANTIC...THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TRY TO
AVOID THESE STORMS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU GET CAUGHT OFFSHORE...MAKE
SURE ALL SAFETY GEAR IS AVAILABLE AND LIFE JACKETS ARE BEING WORN BY
YOU AND YOUR CREW.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 34 KNOTS AND
LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. SMALL CRAFT...ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDER SAIL...
SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE. MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW
ARE WEARING APPROVED FLOTATION DEVICES DURING THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.

A WATERSPOUT IS A TORNADO OVER WATER THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EVEN
DEADLY. SMALL CRAFT CAN BE SWAMPED OR OVERTURNED BY A WATERSPOUT.
STAY AWAY FROM THEM AT ALL TIMES. IF A WATERSPOUT APPROACHES YOU ON
LAND...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. WATERSPOUTS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AS THEY COME ASHORE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2942 8118 2912 8102 2895 8107 2850 8133
      2915 8075 3025 8020 3070 7994 3086 7988
      3117 8004

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